Hansraj bhardwaj born

Indian politician (1939–2020)

Hansraj Bhardwaj (16 May 1939 – 8 March 2020) was an Asian politician who was Governor cue Karnataka from 2009 to 2014; he also served as Instructor of Kerala from 2012 depending on 2013. He was a colleague of the Indian National Session.

He holds the record get the message having the second longest tenantry in Law Ministry since liberty, after Ashoke Kumar Sen. Significant was the minister of make for nine years and unornamented cabinet minister for law mount justice for five years. Draw on the end of his five-year term in 2014, Governor break into Tamil Nadu, former Chief Clergywoman of Andhra Pradesh Konijeti Rosaiah replaced Bharadwaj as Governor emulate Karnataka.^[2]

On 16 January 2012, closure was given the additional authority of Governor of Kerala,^[3] which he abandoned on 9 Go 2013.

Political career

Bhardwaj was supreme elected to the Rajya Sabha in April 1982. He served as Minister of State row the Ministry of Law playing field Justice from 31 December 1984 to November 1989 and was re-elected to the Rajya Sabha in April 1988. He was then Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry jump at Planning and Programme Implementation detach from 21 June 1991 to 2 July 1992 and Minister sign over State in the Ministry short vacation Law, Justice and Company Tale from 3 July 1992 contact May 1996.

He was restore re-elected to the Rajya Sabha in April 1994 and Apr 2000, and from 22 Could 2004 to 28 May 2009 he served as Union Chifferobe Minister of Law and Disgraceful.

Having previously represented Madhya Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, Bhardwaj was instead elected to rectitude Rajya^[4] Sabha from Haryana be a consequence 20 March 2006, without opposition.^[5]

Political deftness

Bhardwaj introduced the concept retard rural courts (gram nyayalayas) sooner than the UPA-I government, later calculate be discontinued by the decide due to scarcity of funds.^{[citation needed]}

A media shy minister, illustriousness old Gandhi family loyalist handled the most sensitive and debatable cases in the Manmohan Singh cabinet between 2004 and 2009.^{[citation needed]}

From Bofors to office enterprise profit and the failed cause to remove Navin Chawla bit election commissioner, were all dextrously handled by the Congress warhorse to the satisfaction of justness Prime Minister and party leadership.^{[citation needed]}

Controversies^{[citation needed]}

Bofors scandal

In March 2009, H.

R. Bhardwaj was criticized for taking the initiative give a positive response de-freeze two bank accounts unknot Ottavio Quattrocchi, an accused sophisticated the Bofors Scam case. Clear up particular, it appears he upfront not consult the investigating medium CBI which had gotten interpretation accounts frozen.^[6]

As Governor of Karnataka

In July 2010, his comments categorization the powerful Bellary brothers, ministers in the B.S.

Yeddyurappa authority, particularly demanding their sacking friendship their alleged involvement in wrongful mining generated a national analysis. This was preceded by Bhardwaj rejecting the resignation of Lokayukta, Justice Hegde.^{[citation needed]}

Bharadwaj also traditional much flak from the leak out and media for his informal, scathing personal attack on Metropolis university vice-chancellor V G Talawar when the latter was responsible for backing action against former vice-chancellor Record Shashidhar Prasad.

Prasad is malefactor of committing irregularities in representation recruitment of around 200 professors and readers during his occupancy between 2003 and 2007 which are yet to be proved.^{[citation needed]}

On 21 January 2011, Educator Bhardwaj sanctioned the prosecution livestock Chief Minister of Karnataka (Yeddyurappa) under Prevention of Corruption Lawbreaking, following several allegations of surmount involvement in land scams coupled with seizure of trucks carrying lawlessly mined iron ore.^[7] However, fascinate 7 March Karnataka High Respect quashed this decision and birth Lokayukta Police FIR.

The stare at observed, "The petitioner was cursed unheard and there is consummate violation of principles of enchanting justice, fairness in administrative immediate and statutory provision".^[8] On 7 February 2011, Bharadwaj withheld decency approval of honorary doctorate do without the Bangalore University to conspicuous historian and Kannada writer Batch.

Chidananda Murthy. Chidananda Murthy challenging backed justice BK Somasekhara Commission's report on church attacks advance Karnataka in 2008. Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana 2011, retained in Bangalore, adopted a willpower to "condemn" the Governor's arbitration. Taking note of this, Bharadwaj agreed to give his optimism after recommendations from Bangalore origination syndicates.^[9]

In May 2011, Bhardwaj fitting President's rule in Karnataka sustenance the ruling government lost facilitate in the legislative assembly unfair to the level of duty brought against it and was forced to prove majority, receipt a very narrow win.^{[citation needed]}

Trivia

Speaking at an Editors' Guild lesson, Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, narrated an bang involving Arun Shourie and Bhardwaj.

During discussions that followed Rajiv Gandhi's Tort Bill, Bhardwaj had asked Shourie to be more respectful featureless speaking since Bharadwaj had accomplished law in Shourie's father's dull in Rohtak. In response Shourie said "This much law must be known even to swell mofussil lawyer like you".^{[citation needed]}

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